| Roots of violence in Indonesia: contemporary violence in historical perspective F Colombijn, JT Lindblad Brill, 2021 | 229 | 2021 |
| Under construction: The politics of urban space and housing during the decolonization of Indonesia, 1930-1960 F Colombijn Under Construction, 2013 | 120 | 2013 |
| Patches of Padang: The history of an Indonesian town in the twentieth century and the use of urban space F Colombijn (No Title), 1994 | 89 | 1994 |
| Paper landscapes: explorations in the environmental history of Indonesia P Boomgaard, F Colombijn, D Henley (No Title), 1997 | 72 | 1997 |
| Kota lama, kota baru: Sejarah kota-kota di Indonesia sebelum dan setelah kemerdekaan/Old city, new city: The history of the Indonesian city before and after independence F Colombijn, M Barwegen, P Basundoro, JA Khusyairi Ombak, 2015 | 69 | 2015 |
| Paco-paco (kota) Pandang: Sejarah sebuah kota di Indonesia pada abad ke-20 dan penggunaan ruang kota (Vertaling van:" Patches of Padang: The history of an Indonesian town in … F Colombijn Ombak, 2006 | 67 | 2006 |
| Maling, Maling!: The Lynching of Petty Criminals F Colombijn Roots of violence in Indonesia, 299-329, 2002 | 64* | 2002 |
| Toooot! Vroooom! The Urban Soundscape in Indonesia F Colombijn Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 22 (2), 255-272, 2007 | 61 | 2007 |
| Urban Ethnic Encounters A Erdentug, F Colombijn The spatial consequences. London, New York, 2002 | 60 | 2002 |
| The politics of Indonesian football F Colombijn Archipel 59 (1), 171-200, 2000 | 52 | 2000 |
| Pros and cons of the formation of waste-pickers’ cooperatives: a comparison between Brazil and Indonesia F Colombijn, M Morbidini Decision 44, 91-101, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| Cars, Conduits, and Kampongs F Colombijn Brill, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Mobilities and mobilizations of the urban poor R Jaffe, C Klaufus, F Colombijn International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 36 (4), 643-654, 2012 | 42 | 2012 |
| The volatile state in southeast Asia: evidence from Sumatra, 1600–1800 F Colombijn The Journal of Asian Studies 62 (2), 497-529, 2003 | 38 | 2003 |
| Explaining the violent solution in Indonesia F Colombijn The Brown Journal of World Affairs 9 (1), 49-56, 2002 | 38 | 2002 |
| What is so Indonesian about Violence? F Colombijn Violence in Indonesia, 25-46, 2001 | 37 | 2001 |
| Introduction; On the road F Colombijn Bijdragen tot de taal-, land-en volkenkunde/Journal of the Humanities and …, 2002 | 31 | 2002 |
| Public housing in post-colonial Indonesia: The revolution of rising expectations F Colombijn Bijdragen tot de taal-, land-en volkenkunde/Journal of the Humanities and …, 2011 | 28 | 2011 |
| A moving history of Middle Sumatra, 1600–1870 F Colombijn Modern Asian Studies 39 (1), 1-38, 2005 | 28 | 2005 |
| The production of urban space by violence and its aftermath in Jakarta and Kota Ambon, Indonesia F Colombijn Ethnos 83 (1), 58-79, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
